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Walter William DUMBRELL

Regimental number348
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
Other trainingServed in Boer War, enlisted from Cape Town South Africa.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPolice constable
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace Dumbrell, Many Peaks via Gladstone, Queensland
Previous military serviceHe was a lad of some 17 years at times of Boer War and couldn't get consent from his parents so he did his own way to Cape Town, told the officials he was 21 years and enlisted there in Cape Town South Africa.
Enlistment date18 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 9), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Jane DUMBRELL, husband of G.L. Bukowski (formerly DUMBRELL), Dobbs Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland. Born at Galston, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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